GIPHY removed from Snapchat and Instagram after racist GIF appears

Snapchat and Instagram have both temporarily removed GIPHY integration from their products following the appearance of a racist GIF. A statement put out by Snapchat says: “We have removed GIPHY from our application until we can be assured that this will never happen again.” Instagram made a similar move, and it’s not clear when GIPHY will rectify the issue. (Warning: a tweet containing the GIF in question is featured in the article below). Speaking to TechCrunch, Snapchat said that GIF were supposed to be PG-rated to make the suitable for the youngest users allowed on the platform. The GIF in…